Storytelling At Your Federal Sentencing At Prison Professors, we interviewed Federal District Court Judges Mark Bennett and Stephen Bough about what factors they consider at a federal sentencing. These accomplished jurists both said that what matters is less about the...

Are you facing a sentencing hearing? Then prepare. That’s the message we give to all of the people who contact us at PrisonProfessors.com. Clients hire us to do sentence-mitigation work. People who lack resources should use our free content as a resource. Tell a...

Do you want to learn how to understand sentencing systems? I’ve written many articles to help people understand sentencing systems. It’s not an easy process to grasp—especially for someone who has never confronted a problem with the criminal justice system before. In...

Wire Fraud Many factors will influence sentence length for a conviction of wire fraud. Wire fraud includes the use of email, telephone, the Internet, or other telecom equipment. For that reason, federal rather than state authorities bring charges for wire fraud in...

Andrew Casperson needed an effective sentence mitigation strategy. Prosecutors accused him of coordinating a $38 million Ponzi scheme. He pleaded guilty to the crime. His victims included family and friends. At sentencing, prosecutors urged the judge to sentence Mr....

Jodi Crupi has been tarnished because she took a job at Bernie Madoff’s firm. Prosecutors claimed that she was involved in the fraud, but she claims that Madoff duped her like he duped everyone else. When she spoke with me, I urged her to write her version of...